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June 20, 2005 7:47:27 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Hello, does anyone know if I can create an icon orbject that will imitate a hard drive activity LED? My activity LED on the computer is hidden and I would like to have some activity measure on my screen. I see a lot of hard drive meters but that is not what I need. Thank you!
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Reply #1 June 20, 2005 8:33:25 PM
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DiskMon just might be what you're looking for, or at least close enough.


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Reply #2 June 21, 2005 7:01:00 AM
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Or you could put a mike near your HD and hook it up to the computer and watch the equalizer.
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Reply #3 June 21, 2005 7:35:15 AM
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diskmon works quite well, thank you Tarkus! funny skinner, but really, that is not a bad idea!!!
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Reply #4 June 21, 2005 7:35:16 AM
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Or you could put a mike near your HD and hook it up to the computer and watch the equalizer.

I'm kind of busy, but you could try a "mic" instead.

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Reply #5 June 21, 2005 7:35:22 AM
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diskmon works quite well, thank you Tarkus! funny skinner, but really, that is not a bad idea!!!
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Reply #6 June 21, 2005 9:17:06 AM
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Or you could put a mike near your HD


Super Wizop MikeB314: I'm kind of busy, but you could try a "mic" instead.


I had my little brother, Mike, get under the desk and tap my toe every time he saw activity; worked pretty well.


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Reply #7 June 21, 2005 9:18:13 AM
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You can also do it with Samurize: http://www.samurize.com/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=6
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Reply #8 June 21, 2005 11:44:34 PM
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lol
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Reply #9 June 22, 2005 7:53:23 AM
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Oh, whoops.

That was an interesting typo, I was actually on your personal page at tht time.

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Reply #10 June 22, 2005 8:01:26 AM
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Kitty Litter?....
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Reply #11 June 22, 2005 11:53:46 AM
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Oh, whoops.

That was an interesting typo, I was actually on your personal page at tht time.


Mike is perfectly acceptable as a shortened form of microphone, though I don't personally spell it that way.


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Reply #12 June 22, 2005 5:03:26 PM
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I don't personally spell it that way


I dont either, usually.
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Reply #13 July 7, 2005 4:00:16 PM
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Try this object of mine: http://martin.wincustomize.com/viewskin.aspx?skinid=80&libid=34&comments=1&SID=37&UID=325
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Reply #14 July 17, 2005 12:37:17 AM
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Martin's widget will do the trick.
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Reply #15 July 18, 2005 9:41:24 PM
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I just came across a cool free program that shows green and red lights (read and write, respectively) for each drive on your system. It's not a widget, but it looks like one, and even has transparency. Link

They have a newer version that's not free, and does a whole lot more, such as monitoring the health of your drive with SMART technology, etc. Link


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Reply #16 July 26, 2005 5:24:46 AM
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another small and fast hdd indicator HddLed http://www.hddled.com
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Reply #17 August 5, 2005 8:45:02 AM
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I'm writing one, will post it up when i get a chance to test it
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Reply #18 August 5, 2005 11:17:56 AM
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_martin's looks like a neat DX solution.

If you use ObjectDock with SysStats you have Judge's Active Disk as another option: https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=4273&LibID=29&comments=1

And, I used Judge's method (with permission) in this package: https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=7522&LibID=29&comments=1

two of which are hard drive status monitors with disk activity indicators.

I haven't tried the DX widget yet, but the OD docklets aren't as responsive as the light on your tower; they average activity once (judge's) or twice (mine) a second and flash according to that.
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